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158 DESCRIPTION OF SUKHAVAtJ, § 3S. tired of discussions on the Law ; like the precious beryl, through their value ; (like) jewel-mines \ by their sacred knowledge ; sweet-sounding by the noise of the great drum of the Law, striking the great kettledrum of the Law, blowing the great trumpet-shell of the Law, raising the great banner of the Law, lighting the torch of the Law, looking for wisdom, not foolish, faultless, passionless, pure, refined, not greedy, fond of distributing, generous, open-handed, fond of distributing gifts, not stingy in giving instruction and food, not attached, without fear, without desires, wise, patient, energetic, bashful, orderly, fearless -, full of knowledge, happy, pleasant to live with, obliging, enlightening the world ^, free from sorrow, free from taint, having left off the winking of the eye, possessing lightly acquired knowledge, strong in reasoning, strong in prayer, not crooked, not perverse ; then, having accumulated a hundred thousand niyutas of ko/is of lakshas * of virtue, delivered from the thorns of pride, free from illusion, hatred, and jjassion ; pure, devoted to what is pure, famous by the CTina-power, learned in the world, elevated by their purified knowledge, sons of the G'lna, endowed with the vigour of thought, heroes, firm, unselfish ^ free from faults, unequalled, free from anger, collected, noble, heroes, bashful, energetic, possessed of memory, understanding, and prudence ; * The Tibetan translation seems to have read ratnakarasad risA/i. * If ihc same as nirgahana. ' The next words are unintelligible in their present form. * The Tibetan translation has Buddha for laksha. * AsamTi/; in the Tibetan translation.
2§39- THE LAND OF BLISS. 59 sending forth the weapons of knowledge, possessed of purity, shining, free from faults and taints, endowed with memory, resting on serene knowledge. And such, O Ananda, are the beings in that Buddha country, stated briefly. But if the Tathagatas should describe them fully, even in a length of life that should last for a hundred thousand niyutas of ko/is of kalpas, yet the end of the virtues of those good people would not be reached, and yet there would be no failure of the self-confidence of the Tathagata, And why ? Because, O Ananda, both are indeed inconceivable and incomparable, viz. first, the virtues of those Bodhisattvas, and secondly, the unsurpassed light of knowledge of the Tathagata ^ § 39. ' And now, O Ananda, stand up, facing westward, and having taken a handful of flowers, fall down. This is the quarter where that Bhagavat Amitabha, the Tathagata, holy and fully enlightened, dwells, remains, supports himself, and teaches the Law, whose spotless and pure name, famed in every quarter of the whole world with its ten quarters, the blessed Buddhas, equal to (the grains of) the sand of the river Ganga, speaking and answering again and again without stopping, extol, praise, and eulogize. After this, the blessed Ananda said this to the Bhagavat : ' I wish, O Bhagavat, to see that Amitabha, Amitaprabha, Amitayus, the Tathagata, holy and fully enlightened, and those noble-minded Bodhisattvas, who are possessed of a stock of merit amassed under many hundred thousand niyutas of ko/is of Buddhas.' •■ For these passages, see the end of Chapter XII.
36o DESCRIPTION OF SUKHAVAtJ, §39. At that moment this speech was spoken by the blessed Ananda, and immediately that Amitabha, the Tathdgata, holy and fully enlightened, let such a ray of light go out of the palm of his own hand, that even the most distant Buddha country was shining with the great splendour. And again at that time, whatever black mountains, or jewel-mountains, or Merus, great Merus, Mu/ilindas, great INIu/C'iiindas, A'akravd^as, great A'^akrava^as, or erections, or pillars, trees, woods, gardens, palaces, belonging to the gods and men, exist everywhere in hundred thousand ko/is of Buddha countries ; all these were pervaded and overcome by the light of that Tathagata. And as a man, followed by another at a distance of a fathom only, would see the other man, when the sun has risen, exactly in the same manner the Bhikshus, Bhikshu;ns, Upasakas (laymen), Upasikas (laywomen), gods, Nagas, Yakshas, Rakshasas, Gandharvas, Asuras, Garu^as, Kinnaras, I\Iahoragas,men and not-men, in this Buddha country, saw at that time that Amitabha, the Tathagata, holy and fully enlightened, like the Sumeru, the king of mountains, elevated above all countries, surpassing all quarters, shining, warming, glittering, blazing; and they saw that great mass of Bodhisattvas, and that company of Bhikshus, viz. by the grace of Buddha, from the purencss of that light. And as this great earth might be, when all covered with water, so that no trees, no mountains, no islands, no grasses, bushes, herbs, large trees, no rivers, chasms, water-falls, W'ould be seen, but onl)- the one great earth which had all become an ocean, in exactly the same manner there is neither mark nor sign whatever to be seen in that Buddha country, except 6'ravakas,
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
Romanised transliteration as printed by the translator, not the original script. This is what we hold.
158 DESCRIPTION OF SUKHAVAtJ, § 3S. tired of discussions on the Law ; like the precious beryl, through their value ; (like) jewel-mines \ by their sacred knowledge ; sweet-sounding by the noise of the great drum of the Law, striking the great kettledrum of the Law, blowing the great trumpet-shell of the Law, raising the great banner of the Law, lighting the torch of the Law, looking for wisdom, not foolish, faultless, passionless, pure, refined, not greedy, fond of distributing, generous, open-handed, fond of distributing gifts, not stingy in giving instruction and food, not attached, without fear, without desires, wise, patient, energetic, bashful, orderly, fearless -, full of knowledge, happy, pleasant to live with, obliging, enlightening the world ^, free from sorrow, free from taint, having left off the winking of the eye, possessing lightly acquired knowledge, strong in reasoning, strong in prayer, not crooked, not perverse ; then, having accumulated a hundred thousand niyutas of ko/is of lakshas * of virtue, delivered from the thorns of pride, free from illusion, hatred, and jjassion ; pure, devoted to what is pure, famous by the CTina-power, learned in the world, elevated by their purified knowledge, sons of the G'lna, endowed with the vigour of thought, heroes, firm, unselfish ^ free from faults, unequalled, free from anger, collected, noble, heroes, bashful, energetic, possessed of memory, understanding, and prudence ; * The Tibetan translation seems to have read ratnakarasad risA/i. * If ihc same as nirgahana. ' The next words are unintelligible in their present form. * The Tibetan translation has Buddha for laksha. * AsamTi/; in the Tibetan translation.
2§39- THE LAND OF BLISS. 59 sending forth the weapons of knowledge, possessed of purity, shining, free from faults and taints, endowed with memory, resting on serene knowledge. And such, O Ananda, are the beings in that Buddha country, stated briefly. But if the Tathagatas should describe them fully, even in a length of life that should last for a hundred thousand niyutas of ko/is of kalpas, yet the end of the virtues of those good people would not be reached, and yet there would be no failure of the self-confidence of the Tathagata, And why ? Because, O Ananda, both are indeed inconceivable and incomparable, viz. first, the virtues of those Bodhisattvas, and secondly, the unsurpassed light of knowledge of the Tathagata ^ § 39. ' And now, O Ananda, stand up, facing westward, and having taken a handful of flowers, fall down. This is the quarter where that Bhagavat Amitabha, the Tathagata, holy and fully enlightened, dwells, remains, supports himself, and teaches the Law, whose spotless and pure name, famed in every quarter of the whole world with its ten quarters, the blessed Buddhas, equal to (the grains of) the sand of the river Ganga, speaking and answering again and again without stopping, extol, praise, and eulogize. After this, the blessed Ananda said this to the Bhagavat : ' I wish, O Bhagavat, to see that Amitabha, Amitaprabha, Amitayus, the Tathagata, holy and fully enlightened, and those noble-minded Bodhisattvas, who are possessed of a stock of merit amassed under many hundred thousand niyutas of ko/is of Buddhas.' •■ For these passages, see the end of Chapter XII.
36o DESCRIPTION OF SUKHAVAtJ, §39. At that moment this speech was spoken by the blessed Ananda, and immediately that Amitabha, the Tathdgata, holy and fully enlightened, let such a ray of light go out of the palm of his own hand, that even the most distant Buddha country was shining with the great splendour. And again at that time, whatever black mountains, or jewel-mountains, or Merus, great Merus, Mu/ilindas, great INIu/C'iiindas, A'akravd^as, great A'^akrava^as, or erections, or pillars, trees, woods, gardens, palaces, belonging to the gods and men, exist everywhere in hundred thousand ko/is of Buddha countries ; all these were pervaded and overcome by the light of that Tathagata. And as a man, followed by another at a distance of a fathom only, would see the other man, when the sun has risen, exactly in the same manner the Bhikshus, Bhikshu;ns, Upasakas (laymen), Upasikas (laywomen), gods, Nagas, Yakshas, Rakshasas, Gandharvas, Asuras, Garu^as, Kinnaras, I\Iahoragas,men and not-men, in this Buddha country, saw at that time that Amitabha, the Tathagata, holy and fully enlightened, like the Sumeru, the king of mountains, elevated above all countries, surpassing all quarters, shining, warming, glittering, blazing; and they saw that great mass of Bodhisattvas, and that company of Bhikshus, viz. by the grace of Buddha, from the purencss of that light. And as this great earth might be, when all covered with water, so that no trees, no mountains, no islands, no grasses, bushes, herbs, large trees, no rivers, chasms, water-falls, W'ould be seen, but onl)- the one great earth which had all become an ocean, in exactly the same manner there is neither mark nor sign whatever to be seen in that Buddha country, except 6'ravakas,
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
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